Bub Means

Ankle injuries wiped out the back half of his rookie season and the entirety of the following one, and a hamstring issue sidelined him again during 2026 preseason work shortly before he changed teams — a recurring pattern that undercuts reliable availability.

He sits behind an already-stocked WR room (Jeudy, Concepcion, Boston, Bond, Corley) that just added two 2026 draft picks at the position, leaving little runway to climb into a target-earning role.

A run-leaning offensive approach compresses the overall passing-game opportunity pie, which limits upside for every receiver on the depth chart, Means included.

A prior four-game stretch included a near-full-snap outing, showing he can handle a full offensive workload if injuries open a window higher on the depth chart.